You’re as cold as ice, you’re willing to sacrifice

Success rarely comes for free. We’re not necessarily talking about

LITTLE NIGHT MARES 2

Child’s play isn’t just for fun. Sometimes it can be

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Robin Hood is the man with a thousand faces. Even

ORWELL’S ANIMAL FARM

They say timing is everything - and it’s hard to

TEARDOWN

Remember when you were young, playing videogames for the first

LAB RAT

Lockdown has been more productive for some than others. For

MILITSIONER

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched? It’s an awful

ROUND-UP

And rise you will, as Monster Hunter gets a thrilling

STILL PLAYING

We’re happy (and relieved) to report that the Switch port

This is my truth, tell me yours

We’ve been thinking about the Rashomon effect this month, with

Marvel’s Avengers

Release Out now (PC, PS4, Stadia, Xbox One), November 10

Crusader Kings III

The early medieval period, as Crusader Kings III paints it

Paradise Killer

Kaizen Game Works’ open-world detective game begins with a death-defying

Pendragon

That one brief shining moment is all but over. Inkle’s

I Am Dead

Nosiness is a thoroughly British concept. (And even if it

A Monster’s Expedition (Through Puzzling Exhibitions)

Assembled with trademark elegance, Alan Hazelden’s latest puzzler serves up

Moon

They say love doesn’t come with an instruction manual, but

Tell Me Why

We tell stories to make sense of our lives. Twins

Pay to win

We’ll be candid, because somebody has to be: our next-generation

Strike up the brand

Earlier this year, Tinybuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik made an assertion:

In-flight simulator

When we call up Hosni Auji, he’s just putting the

APRÈS SLAY

A booming tourism industry has sprung up around the 25

Soundbytes

“The big game showcases which have only been viewable this

ARCADE WATCH

Alright, so it’s not exactly coin-op: you’d be hard-pressed to

THIS MONTH ON EDGE

Dan Fornace’s multiplayer fighting game is basically an indie Smash

Dialogue

Send your views, using ‘Dialogue’ as the subject line, to

Trigger Happy

Space Invaders (Tomohiro Nishikado for Taito, 1978) has by now

Unreliable Narrator

Detective videogames are all the rage. But haven’t they always

And they’re all cowards

When we talk about art imitating life - how it

BRIGHT FUTURE

Making Destiny 2 sounds painful. Three years of expansions have

GOING DUTCH

On September 1st 2020, Vlambeer celebrated its tenth anniversary by

THE MAKING OF... SHADOW TACTICS: BLADES OF THE SHOGUN

When Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun released on December

CREEPY JAR

Leaving the safety of a steady job with an established

Super Mario Galaxy 2

No one working at Nintendo, we’re fairly confident, was thinking

Rocket League

There’s perhaps no greater indignity in gaming than Rocket League’s